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欧盟与中国的关系 EU-China relationship Ladies and Gentlemen, dear friends, It is my pleasure to be here today to tell you something about the European Union(EU), and its relations with China. The EU is a union of 25 independent states based on the European Communities and founded to enhance political, economic and social co-operation, formerly known as the European Community(EC) or the European Economic Community(EEC) Now the 25 member states are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Cyprus(Greek part), the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The EU covers an area of 4,000,000 sq km, nearly half the size of China. Its total population is 454,400,000 the world's third largest after China and India, and accounts for some 7% of the total world population. The euro is the name of the single European currency that was put into circulation on 1st January 2002. The euro has replaced the old national currencies in 12 European Union countries so far. Having a single currency makes it easier to travel and to compare prices, and it provides a stable environment for European business, stimulating growth and competitiveness. Until recently, the GDP of the EU was more than USD 10 trillion, as a whole similar to that of its main competitor, the United States. The total volume of the economy and the total volume of trade account for 25% and 35% of the world total. The EU has a very good relationship with China. May this year will see the 30th anniversary of the establishment of EU-China diplomatic relations. The total volume of imports and exports between the EU and China reached 200 billion euros last year. Germany is the largest trade partner with China, while the UK and the Netherlands rank 2nd and 3rd. The European Union is grasping a truly historic opportunity, uniting a once-divided continent and creating a peaceful stable and democratic Europe. This enlargement will also create a single market of nearly half a billion consumers, with excellent potential for economic growth and increasing prosperity. Thank you. 饮食问题从小养成 When you think of eating disorders, you probably think of teenagers and young adults, but many eating problems begin earlier in childhood. Eating problems in younger children can take many forms, including irregular eating patterns, consistent overeating and consistent under-eating. Some children might start eating a mostly junk food diet, eating only one particular food or avoiding certain foods. While it might be obvious that your child has a problem if he or she only wants to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, parents may need to look for clues that their child does not have a healthy approach to eating. If parents suspect their child has an eating problem, they should take them to a health professional, such as primary care doctor, a mental health professional or a dietitian. But parents themselves can also play a major role in helping reshape their child's attitude toward food and their eating habits. Because children mimic their parents' eating habits, if parents are on a low-calorie diet, for example, they have to be sure they are not teaching their children that breads and grains are bad foods. Parents have the power to exert a positive influence by modeling healthy eating habits, because the whole family has to get healthy, so the changes have to apply to everyone. Children's eating problems should be identified as early as possible. 现代化与文化遗产 I have been here a little over three years now. I arrived at the end of May 2002. I am afraid that I really only have experience of the city in which I am based, but from what I have seen in the cities round about, I would say that the same comments would probably hold. What is abundantly clear to any foreign visitor is that China and China's cities are developing at an enormous rate. I imagine this is particularly true of the coastal cities in the east. New buildings are springing up everywhere, roads are being widened. That is a very good question, but I am afraid it is quite a complex one. Well, there are two different angles on the question. One is the angle of my expectations as a foreigner... what I like to see, what I find interesting... and that is definitely not the same as what the Chinese would like to see or to show me. The other angle, which reflects that first one too, is the question of modernization against preservation. Well. perhaps the best way to put it is this. In general, when we are taken round a city by a Chinese friend, what we get shown are the modern buildings, the airport, the new bridge, the conference centre... whatever is newest in the city. But a foreigner is likely to be much more interested in the old parts of a city, in the little alleyways and back-streets, the old houses and buildings, in short, what makes that city different from all the other cities we have seen. To a foreigner, who has probably travelled around the world more than a Chinese, basically, an airport is an airport, a bridge is a bridge; but a temple in Xi'an is not like a church in France, and more importantly an old house in a city in China is not like an old house in a city in England. Of course your prosperity is very important to you, and to me too. The problem is that nations are becoming prosperous, the people whose standard of living is rising, perhaps dramatically. Well, they want evidence of that for others to see. It tends to make you blind to the need to preserve something of the past, and not just in the form of temples or perhaps palaces. But in terms of the kinds of houses people lived in the appearance of the city centre. And once you have destroyed that heritage, you can't get it back. 网上聊天狂潮 The instant messaging craze began in America about five or six years ago when I was in my freshman year at college. At first I didn't know what it was about. But it didn't take long before I was hooked on instant messaging. I began talking on line whenever I could. As I added more and more people to my "buddy list", others were doing the same. Instant messaging really picked up, and soon "everyone was doing it". I credit my typing skills to many many hours of talking on line. Unfortunately, as my typing speed increased, my grammar went out the window. You see, instant messengers have their own shorthand language, Grammar isn't important. Gradually the instant messaging craze in America died down a bit, and so did my own enthusiasm for it. Then I came to China. Here I discovered not one but two instant messaging crazes. The first, which brought back memories of my previous addiction to the computer, was QQ. So now the cycle has started again. In addition to QQ, there is another, perhaps more widespread, messaging trend. You guessed it: cellphone text messaging. For the first few months of my stay in China, I didn't have a cellphone, so I wasn't affected. I recently bought one, however, and now understand how useful text messaging is and why it is so common. I admit that I have been guilty of sending text messages while walking out side or sitting on the subway. Who hasn't? No matter where I go I see people on their cellphones, messaging. In fact, it's rare to see someone actually talking on their phone! So it looks as if there's no escaping the instant messaging craze for me, no matter where I go in the world. And that's plainly not going to change. In the end, though, I can't complain: instant messaging is quick, it's cheap, it's easy and it's pretty darn fun too. And after all, everybody's doing it. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/5226e754f61fb7360a4c6586.html